Comments on: Fall, Gathering Grapevines & Weaving Baskets http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linda http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-109639 Linda http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-109639 I love your site. I have been weaving baskets for a year now. It gets in the blood. I am learning new techniques all the time. Most of my material comes from our timber. Honeysuckle, buckbrush runners, virginia creeper, and grapevine. I made my first all honeysuckle basket yesterday with just raw material. I didn't boil off the bark like I have done before. The frame and the ribs and weavers are all honeysuckle. I used some crazy shaped vines that were braided together as they grew and formed my two hoops for the rib basket. It was a blast to make and it was done in a few hours, with some interuptions. I had harvested the vine that morning so I didn't even have to soak it . I have been making free form rib baskets with hand harvested hickory bark and old fabric strips from old, or yard sale clothing. They are all unique. We live in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks and I am learning all the old traditional folk ways I can. I love caning log chairs that I make with logs that are harvested from timber cuts on neighbors land. The hickory bark is my caning material until I run out and then I use purchased material. Spring will bring the sap on and I will be busy peeling hickory logs for bark for this year. We try very hard to live off the land and I love all your tips and articles. I love your site. I have been weaving baskets for a year now. It gets in the blood. I am learning new techniques all the time. Most of my material comes from our timber. Honeysuckle, buckbrush runners, virginia creeper, and grapevine. I made my first all honeysuckle basket yesterday with just raw material. I didn’t boil off the bark like I have done before. The frame and the ribs and weavers are all honeysuckle. I used some crazy shaped vines that were braided together as they grew and formed my two hoops for the rib basket. It was a blast to make and it was done in a few hours, with some interuptions. I had harvested the vine that morning so I didn’t even have to soak it . I have been making free form rib baskets with hand harvested hickory bark and old fabric strips from old, or yard sale clothing. They are all unique. We live in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks and I am learning all the old traditional folk ways I can. I love caning log chairs that I make with logs that are harvested from timber cuts on neighbors land. The hickory bark is my caning material until I run out and then I use purchased material. Spring will bring the sap on and I will be busy peeling hickory logs for bark for this year. We try very hard to live off the land and I love all your tips and articles.

]]> By: Andi http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-19082 Andi http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-19082 You're one of the multitude of people whom I wish I could live with for a month and just soak in all your knowledge. I've made itty-bitty crude baskets in classes, but nothing so elegant as these. You’re one of the multitude of people whom I wish I could live with for a month and just soak in all your knowledge. I’ve made itty-bitty crude baskets in classes, but nothing so elegant as these.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-5098 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-5098 Thank you... you will love having your own willow supply. It sounds like we make some very similar things and find the same enjoyment in the process. I really appreciated all your lovely comments. Thanks for taking the time to write! Thank you… you will love having your own willow supply. It sounds like we make some very similar things and find the same enjoyment in the process. I really appreciated all your lovely comments. Thanks for taking the time to write!

]]> By: Jane http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-5096 Jane http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-5096 Your baskets are lovely. I, too, was bitten by the bug and this spring a generous on-line acquaintance is sending me lots of basket willow cuttings so I can begin my own "sally garden." I collected lots of wild materials in the fall and I'm looking forward to finding the time to experiment with them. Like you, I find using various materials (vines and reed for baskets, yarn for knitting, beeswax for candles, oil for soap, etc., etc.) and creating useful "green" items to be truly satisfying. I'm going to make some of your oatmeal cookies now, but I'll be back to visit! Your baskets are lovely. I, too, was bitten by the bug and this spring a generous on-line acquaintance is sending me lots of basket willow cuttings so I can begin my own “sally garden.” I collected lots of wild materials in the fall and I’m looking forward to finding the time to experiment with them. Like you, I find using various materials (vines and reed for baskets, yarn for knitting, beeswax for candles, oil for soap, etc., etc.) and creating useful “green” items to be truly satisfying. I’m going to make some of your oatmeal cookies now, but I’ll be back to visit!

]]> By: Debbie K http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3238 Debbie K http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3238 It's nice to find fellow weavers. I always say that weaving puts me in my "happy place", a feeling we seem to share. I enjoyed reading your blog and will keep checking in on you. It’s nice to find fellow weavers. I always say that weaving puts me in my “happy place”, a feeling we seem to share. I enjoyed reading your blog and will keep checking in on you.

]]> By: Betts http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3112 Betts http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3112 WOW! Just beautiful. Great blog also. WOW! Just beautiful. Great blog also.

]]> By: Mrs T http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3106 Mrs T http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3106 You do beautiful work!!!! I especially like the 2nd basket with the little curley tendrils. I wish I had some of your baskets to decorate with!!! Thanks for sharing. You do beautiful work!!!! I especially like the 2nd basket with the little curley tendrils. I wish I had some of your baskets to decorate with!!! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Corinne http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3068 Corinne http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3068 Your baskets are AWESOME!! So beautiful. You are one talented lady. Btw I like the rest of your blog too. Your baskets are AWESOME!! So beautiful. You are one talented lady.

Btw I like the rest of your blog too.

]]> By: Ruth, PA http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3065 Ruth, PA http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/fall-gathering-grapevines-weaving-baskets/#comment-3065 What BEAUTIFUL baskets! You have quite a talent! I make use of baskets often in our home but sometimes, I just enjoy the beauty of the basket alone. Ruth, PA What BEAUTIFUL baskets! You have quite a talent! I make use of baskets often in our home but sometimes, I just enjoy the beauty of the basket alone.
Ruth, PA

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